ALL meanings of lumpfish
lump·fish
L l - noun plural lumpfish any of several thick-bodied, sluggish fishes of the family Cyclopteridae, found in northern seas, having the pelvic fins modified and united into a sucking disk, especially Cyclopterus lumpus, of the North Atlantic. 1
- noun lumpfish A North Atlantic lumpsucker, the roe of which is sometimes used as a substitute for caviar. 1
- noun lumpfish a North Atlantic scorpaenoid fish, Cyclopterus lumpus, having a globular body covered with tubercles, pelvic fins fused into a sucker, and an edible roe: family Cyclopteridae 0
- noun lumpfish any other fish of the family Cyclopteridae 0
- noun lumpfish any of several sluggish, marine percoid fishes (family Cyclopteridae), esp. a large N Atlantic species (Cyclopterus lumpus), usually having a heavy body with hard spines, lumps, and a powerful ventral sucker 0
- noun lumpfish lumpsucker. 0